Theos-Talk Archives (September 1997 Message tl00218)

>This reminds me of something.  Does anyone know where "direction"
>originated?  Have there always been six basic directions?  i.e. n s w e up
>down?  I imagine that there have.  Just curious.  Six directions from the
>point of origin, making seven also.
>
>Jaqi.

The number of directions depends on the number of dimensions
in any particular universe. Ours has three dimensions, and so
we get 6 basic directions (i.e., just as if we stand within a cube
where each side of the cube represents a primary direction).

Jerry S.
Member, TI